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Latest Homelessness stories on ABC Tropical Queensland

Twenty-two-year-old Amber King is a self-confessed crazy cat person, and says if she could own 10 cats she would. But rather than taking on that many pets at home, she chooses to spend time helping out at the newly-opened RSPCA Animal Care Centre in Mackay. ...

Adult homelessness costs Australia $19,000 a year, so a national study into the youth equivalent is recommending interventions as early as secondary school. 'The Cost of Youth Homelessness' by Swinburn, Western Australia and Charles Sturt Universities will soon reveal what youth ...